Durant's scholarship is undeniable, as is shown by the lengthy and varied bibliography. Normally I would not make a judgment based on such a miniscule part of a such a lengthy work, but this is just so bad, I can't help myself.Mr. I am reviewing this volume after having read only 290 pages. I was delighted when I found it complete, all 11 volumes, in my libary book sale.
The eleventh and final volume in the original series, 'The Age of Napoleon, 1789-1815', was not published until 1975 it was not made available in this series.I wanted to own this series for years. We tried to defer our conclusions until we had completed our survey of the narrative, but doubtless our preformed opinions influenced our selection of illustrative material. In that process we made note of events and comments that might illuminate present affairs, future probabilities, the nature of man, and the conduct of states. After finishing "The Story of Civilization" to 1789, we reread the ten volumes with a view to issuing a revised edition that would correct many errors of omission, fact, or print. The short preface to this volume states in part: 'This postlude needs little preface. They also collaborated on the final volume in this set, 'The Lessons of History' (uniformly bound albeit in a slightly smaller format). From Volume 7, the books were jointly authored by Will Durant and his wife Ariel. Volume 10: Rousseau and Revolution (four volumes). Volume 9: The Age of Voltaire (three volumes). Volume 8: The Age of Louis XIV (three volumes). Volume 7: The Age of Reason Begins (three volumes). Volume 6: The Reformation (three volumes). Volume 5: The Renaissance (three volumes). Volume 4: The Age of Faith (four volumes). Volume 3: Caesar and Christ (three volumes). Volume 2: The Life of Greece (three volumes). Volume 1: Our Oriental Heritage (three volumes). Octavo, 33 volumes gilt-decorated quarter black reconstituted leather and olive-green synthetic cloth a fine set.Įach substantial large octavo volume of the original edition is here presented as three or four smaller octavo volumes, as follows.
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